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Andy Muschietti has a lot of irons in the fire right now. Hot off the heels of IT‘s huge premiere this past weekend came the announcement that part 2 has entered production. Now, word has come via that Muschietti has signed for another film, this time instead of dark entities that appear as clowns, he’ll be dealing with vampires. Paramount Pictures has just acquired the rights to Dracul, a prequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This is the first time that the Stoker estate has authorized a project. While it has not been revealed exactly in what capacity Muschietti will be working we do know that IT producers Barbara Muschietti (Mama) and Roy Lee (Blair Witch) are also attached to the project. Paramount’s Vanessa Joyce and Miri Yoon of Vertigo will be overseeing the project. The film, penned by Bram Stoker’s great-grand nephew, Dacre Stoker, and J.D. Barker, is set in 1869. In the film young Bram Stoker confronts the vampire
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Last year Universal tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to begin work on its new shared universe and the remakes of all of its classic horror films. Universal’s The Mummy reboot, starring Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe, will soon wrap filming. And their next reboot, Frankenstein, is now in the early phases of casting. There have been many remakes and reboots of Frankenstein over the years, but the original has never been topped, in my opinion. Let’s hope the new film will do it justice. Variety is reporting that Javier Bardem is now in negotiations to star as Dr, Frankenstein’s monster, a role originally played by Boris Karloff in 1931. Bardem was also offered the role of Dr. Jekyll in the new The Mummy reboot, but passed. There is no word yet if Bardem will also appear in the Bride of Frankenstein, whose star has been named as Angelina Jolie. Bardem is a gifted actor who has starred in many
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Andy Muschietti has a lot of irons in the fire right now. Hot off the heels of IT‘s huge premiere this past weekend came the announcement that part 2 has entered production. Now, word has come via that Muschietti has signed for another film, this time instead of dark entities that appear as clowns, he’ll be dealing with vampires. Paramount Pictures has just acquired the rights to Dracul, a prequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This is the first time that the Stoker estate has authorized a project. While it has not been revealed exactly in what capacity Muschietti will be working we do know that IT producers Barbara Muschietti (Mama) and Roy Lee (Blair Witch) are also attached to the project. Paramount’s Vanessa Joyce and Miri Yoon of Vertigo will be overseeing the project. The film, penned by Bram Stoker’s great-grand nephew, Dacre Stoker, and J.D. Barker, is set in 1869. In the film young Bram Stoker confronts the vampire
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Last year Universal tapped Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to begin work on its new shared universe and the remakes of all of its classic horror films. Universal’s The Mummy reboot, starring Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe, will soon wrap filming. And their next reboot, Frankenstein, is now in the early phases of casting. There have been many remakes and reboots of Frankenstein over the years, but the original has never been topped, in my opinion. Let’s hope the new film will do it justice. Variety is reporting that Javier Bardem is now in negotiations to star as Dr, Frankenstein’s monster, a role originally played by Boris Karloff in 1931. Bardem was also offered the role of Dr. Jekyll in the new The Mummy reboot, but passed. There is no word yet if Bardem will also appear in the Bride of Frankenstein, whose star has been named as Angelina Jolie. Bardem is a gifted actor who has starred in many
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